The funniest part of this educational film is the clip of the girl apparently so angry while doing dishes that she becomes exhausted and collapses on the kitchen table in a moment of drama that would make Glenn Close envious.

Don't Get Angry, Get Even!....Pssst....Dad's Gun Is In His Dresser Drawer!

This mental hygiene film tells kids they should find some non-harmful way to let their anger out, so that it doesnt get bottled up and result in destructive behavior. Unlike Dont Be Afraid, it makes its case fairly plausibly, assuming youre dealing with kids who basically have good self-control most of the time. The pressure cooker theory of anger management has since been discredited with people who have serious problems with destructive or abusive behavior, but back in the 50s, you could buy this. The child actors could be better, giving this some camp value, but they could be worse, too. The graphics are great, especially the boiling teakettle image superimposed over the kids faces. So are the scenes of using art to express angerI bet Eddie grew up to be a political cartoonist.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.

Poor Susan! Angry at her sister and 'Priscilla' for not being able to jump rope when she wants to! Or Paul, when a friend blows him off to do something a little more interesting and productive! Well1 Don't bottle those feelings up inside or start yelling and knocking over candlesticks! Talk to your mother! Or Homeroom Teachers! Or The Coach(?!) do constructive things to express your anger! Make clay characters of your enemies and squish them to death! Punch the punching bag and pretend that it's your enemy!
Mind numbing to say the least, and the kids acting is atrocious (especially the kid playing 'Susan' who's screamingly bad). Love the odd costuming here, With paul's hat with the flaps over the ears or the very strange and odd looking head scarves the kids use to jump rope, which I've NEVER seen in a film like this, or heck, anywhere.

This is a MUST see on this site!